Week 1 Update **UPDATED**

**I made it through church with enough energy to focus and contribute as well as to come home and start dinner. This is HUGE. Hubs -aka mr I gotta have meat with every meal- is considering taking on my new eating habits. I refuse to call it diet. I'm doing it for life. **

So Saturday I was good to stay raw and veggies and fruit. Until Thursday there were no cravings of foods. I ate fruits (bananas, strawberries, kiwi, mangoes, apples, etc.) for breakfast and veggies (salads, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, etc) for lunch, and more veggies (avocados, tomatoes, etc) with some raw pecans and almonds.

The only break from the raw diet was to have a slice of rye bread with sliced bananas and another with avocado, tomato, broccoli sprouts, and romain lettuce and then I did eat some soup I made. Totally vegetable. I didn't taste it when I made if for my family. I smelled it as I put in the spices. Everyone loved it. I finally tasted it today for lunch today. It was yummy.

Still vegan, but just a bit of variety. It was really hard to make and eat a sandwich wrapped in lettuce. Very messy, too.

So far the FMS pain is down. Still struggling with RA, but it's been pretty bad, so we'll see.

n the 23rd I get my blood drawn for cholesterol and I am hoping to see a sharp decline. I didn't get the good genes for that either. I am trying to avoid medication. I've got enough of those.

I am a bit tired, but that is likely due to not eating quite enough or that my body is working to rid itself of the toxins as I am not putting toxins in. I hope so anyway.

The little bonus is that I have lost 6 lbs. I am not doing this for weight loss, but it is a nice little perk.

Here's a little TMI for you. Usually when we eat broccoli or cauliflower we get gassy around here. Not since going raw. Don't know why, but it's nice to not worry about that, too.

Most of the family is eating more veggies. I am the only one doing the raw (mostly).

So the 3 times I didn't do raw were still vegan/vegetarian.